December 18, 2014, 1:01PM

I see you are investigating the possibility and consequences of the closure of Riverbend Landfill in Yamhill county. It is encouraging that the largest population concentration in Oregon may at last take responsibility for its own solid waste. I have a suggestion in that regard, should Metro continue to do business with Waste Management, Inc, the Texas based company... Full story »

January 24, 2012, 8:30AM

January 04, 2012, 2:54PM

Like phonebooks, Food Day is generally a nuisance and not invited onto our porches. Oregonian: please create an opt-in system so that people who want to have Food Day delivered can choose to have it delivered and the rest of us can stop recycling it every week (as it's just about impossible to reach an operator to cancel it). OR... Full story »

August 16, 2011, 4:05PM

After county legal counsel informed the commission of its right to alter the county's urban roads maintenance program without getting voters' consent, commissioners tabled a decision for a week. Full story »

March 21, 2011, 10:42PM

Portland, Oregon--3/10/11-- An area in the former St. John's landfill, closed 20 years ago when Metro took it over, has become a test area to draw in the streaked horned lark, a candidate for the endangered species list. On a windy and rainy day, a group gathered to see if they could spot any of the larks. In the group...

March 21, 2011, 10:42PM

Portland, Oregon--3/10/11-- Canada geese land in the former St. John's landfill, closed 20 years ago when Metro took it over. In the foreground is a capture vent for the methane gas that has built up in the buried trash. The former dump has become an integral part of Smith-Bybee Lakes green area. Photo by Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian

March 21, 2011, 10:42PM

Portland, Oregon--3/10/11-- The former St. John's landfill, closed 20 years ago when Metro took it over, has become an integral part of Smith-Bybee Lakes green area and is home to nesting bald eagles. Photo by Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian

March 21, 2011, 10:42PM

Portland, Oregon--3/10/11-- Captured methane gas is burned off from the stack at the right at the former St. John's landfill, closed 20 years ago when Metro took it over. The gas, generated from years of buried trash is first delivered to a near-by cement plant. But when the plant has its needs met, the excess is incinerated. Photo by Randy...

March 21, 2011, 10:42PM

Portland, Oregon--3/10/11-- A deer is visible in the wetlands immediately adjacent to the former St. John's landfill, closed 20 years ago when Metro took it over. Photo by Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian

November 19, 2010, 5:22AM

Infill development certainly works in some urban spaces. Some old buildings can be renovated. Incentives and innovative development can make some pinched properties come alive with homes, offices or stores. But some places are vacant for a reason, waiting for time, money and demand to align. Siskiyou Square, known in its early days as the H.G. Lavelle Landfill, is one of those. And all the policy declarations in the world can't change that. Full story »